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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years pass between the rejection at the market place and Florentino's repeated vows upon the death of her husband?
(a) 49
(b) 50
(c) 51
(d) 55

2. In what way do the hymns which Florentino is playing during Mass change during his period of illness?
(a) He plays them out of tune
(b) He plays them at a much more rapid pace
(c) They begin to sound more like love waltzes
(d) They begin to include many errors

3. What does the one letter which Florentino delivers to Fermina pledge?
(a) Perfect love and everlasting fidelity
(b) Perfect fidelity and everlasting love
(c) Perfect admiration and everlasting lust
(d) Perfect lust and everlasting admiration

4. What is Juvenal Urbino's profession?
(a) Doctor
(b) Artist
(c) Photographer
(d) Government official

5. How old is Dr. Urbino in chapter one of this novel?
(a) 60
(b) 70
(c) 90
(d) 80

6. What "punishment" was inflicted upon Dr. Urbino during the argument over the soap in the bathroom?
(a) Fermina moved out of the bedroom
(b) Fermina left the house
(c) Had to move out of the bedroom
(d) Had to move out of the house

7. Which word best describes the recounting of the narrator in this novel?
(a) Dispassionate
(b) Fiery
(c) Unfair
(d) Biased

8. How many years earlier do the events in this chapter take place?
(a) 70 years
(b) 30 years
(c) 60 years
(d) 50 years

9. What was the fete Dr. Urbino and Fermina attended devastated by?
(a) Torrential rain
(b) Hurricane
(c) Drought
(d) Winds

10. Where did Dr. Urbino study?
(a) Bogota
(b) America
(c) Paris
(d) Madrid

11. What is the name of the harbor town that is the setting for this novel?
(a) Hildebranda
(b) Columbia
(c) Paris
(d) Nameless

12. How do you think Dr. Urbino felt about Paris?
(a) Enjoyed it but did not care to return
(b) Loved it
(c) Liked it
(d) Did not like it

13. What was Jeremiah de Saint-Amour's profession?
(a) Government official
(b) Photographer
(c) Doctor
(d) Artist

14. Why do Florentino's work and violin play suffer?
(a) Lovesickness
(b) Laziness
(c) Physical illness
(d) Rejection

15. What business did Florentino's father help to found?
(a) Riverboat Company of Columbia
(b) River Company of the Caribbean
(c) Riverboat Incorporated
(d) River Company of Columbia

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dr. Urbino feel offended by what de Saint-Amour leaves for him?

2. Who assists Dr. Urbino in the courting process?

3. What had Dr. Urbino's father introduced which helped to curb a large cholera epidemic?

4. How long is the mule trek on which Fermina goes with her father?

5. What does Fermina return to Florentino with the note saying she will not marry him?

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